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  1. February 09, 2010, 11:54 am

    MONEY & POLITICS: Remembering Rep. John P “Jack” Murtha

    Yesterday marked the passing of one of Washington’s most powerful and controversial legislators, one whose work was familiar to followers of the Center for Public Integrity. Pennsylvania Democrat John P. “Jack” Murtha, chairman of the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, died Monday afternoon at the Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, VA, according to a statement from his congressional office. Murtha was 77. Read more

  2. January 27, 2010, 12:41 pm

    TRANSPORTATION: Winter Ends for the High-Speed Rail Lobby

    The transportation world is buzzing over the President’s visit to Florida Thursday, reportedly to announce the lucky recipients of $8 billion in stimulus funds for high-speed rail projects. The Associated Press is among reporting those that the announcement will likely include high-speed rail money for 31 states. Read more

  3. November 18, 2009, 2:35 pm

    ENVIRONMENT: Industry, Greens React to Lower Expectations for Climate Talks

    Advocates on all sides of the climate change issue are carefully mapping out their next moves, in the wake of the decision by world leaders to scale back ambitions for a treaty in Copenhagen next month. Read more

  4. November 05, 2009, 2:59 pm

    TRANSPORTATION: Buffett’s New Company Sure Knows How to Lobby

    President Obama wants Washington to get more creative on infrastructure funding. Railroads are undoubtedly part of that big financial future. Warren Buffett, an Obama economic confidante, has just placed a huge bet that could accelerate that creativity to his and rail’s overall benefit. Read more

  5. October 14, 2009, 11:25 am

    HEALTH CARE: The Abstinence Lobby’s Lone Wolf

    Most rich people hoping to influence federal policy are content to write checks to fund political campaigns or shuffle cash to advocacy groups that lobby for their causes. But not Raymond Ruddy. Read more

  6. September 10, 2009, 11:48 am

    ACCOUNTABILITY: Pentagon: We’re Trying to Break “The Iron Triangle”

    Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is “trying to break that tight bond between” the “iron triangle of Congress and industry and the bureaucracy in” the Pentagon — which the Center highlighted in its story “The Murtha Method” — according to a Defense Department press secretary. The spokesman was reacting to a question about the Center’s investigation at yesterday’s press briefing. Read more

  7. August 27, 2009, 11:46 am

    HEALTH CARE: Chamber of Commerce Flowchart Linked to Former Insurance Industry Lobbyist

    Free-market cheerleaders have long relied on the flowchart to push their notion that government intervention makes a hash of things. Republican flowcharts helped knock the wind out of Clinton’s proposed health care reforms in the 1990s. And so it’s no surprise that opponents of President Obama’s health care reforms are once again pulling out charts. Read more

  8. July 24, 2009, 1:21 pm

    MONEY & POLITICS: The Podestas’ Hot Seats on Climate Change

    It’s Washington’s version of Family Feud, starring those well-connected Podestas. Today’s category: global warming. Read more

  9. July 24, 2009, 1:06 pm

    MONEY & POLITICS: The Congressional Black Caucus Vs. the Blue Dog Coalition

    Following the coverage yesterday about the role of fiscally conservative Blue Dog Democrats in the U.S. House who seem to have stymied President Obama’s health care reform timeline (including our story yesterday on the group’s campaign contributors), the Blue Dogs have now come under fire from a key group of fellow Dems. Read more

  10. July 01, 2009, 9:58 am

    ENVIRONMENT: Southern Company Dominates the Climate Lobbying Scene

    Southern Company, the nation’s largest electric power generator, also had the largest force of lobbyists among the hundreds of businesses and interest groups that were seeking to influence the landmark climate change legislation that just passed the House. Read more

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